diff --git a/bin/gunicorn_paste b/bin/gunicorn_paste
index 524f3850..1703893d 100644
--- a/bin/gunicorn_paste
+++ b/bin/gunicorn_paste
@@ -63,12 +63,16 @@ def get_app(parser, opts, args):
     else:
         workers = int(ctx.local_conf.get('workers', 1))
         
+    opts.host = opts.host or ctx.local_conf.get('host', '127.0.0.1')
+    opts.port = opts.port or int(ctx.local_conf.get('port', 8000))
+        
     debug = ctx.global_conf.get('debug') == "true"
     if debug:
         # we force to one worker in debug mode.
         workers = 1
 
     opts.workers=workers
+    
     app = loadapp(config_url, relative_to=relative_to)
     return app
     
diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index 19f9fa74..e4eee544 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 if i < 5:
                     self.log.error("Retrying in 1 second.")
                 time.sleep(1)
+        if self.LISTENER: 
+            self.log.info("Listen on %s:%s" % self.LISTENER.getsockname())
                 
     def init_socket_fromfd(self, fd, address):
         sock = socket.fromfd(fd, socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
diff --git a/gunicorn/main.py b/gunicorn/main.py
index 52ced03f..6c103ca9 100644
--- a/gunicorn/main.py
+++ b/gunicorn/main.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ LOG_LEVELS = {
 
 def options():
     return [
-        op.make_option('--host', dest='host', default='127.0.0.1',
+        op.make_option('--host', dest='host',
             help='Host to listen on. [%default]'),
-        op.make_option('--port', dest='port', default=8000, type='int',
+        op.make_option('--port', dest='port', type='int',
             help='Port to listen on. [%default]'),
         op.make_option('--workers', dest='workers', type='int',
             help='Number of workers to spawn. [%default]'),
@@ -57,8 +57,17 @@ def main(usage, get_app):
     workers = opts.workers or 1
     if opts.debug:
         workers = 1
+        
+    host = opts.host or '127.0.0.1'
+    port = opts.port
+    if port is None:
+        if ':' in host:
+            host, port = host.split(':', 1)
+            port = int(port)
+        else:
+            port = 8000
     
-    arbiter = Arbiter((opts.host, opts.port), workers, app, 
+    arbiter = Arbiter((host,port), workers, app, 
                     opts.debug)
     arbiter.run()